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Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:22 pm
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:25 pm
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[center]What is the best Ace Frehley Album of All Time?
Circa 1975
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Circa 1987
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:27 pm
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[CENTER]KISS (Ace Frehley) 1978
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Of the 4 solos albums, I had absolutely no expectations for Ace
Frehley's effort. Zero. Nada. Zilch. And that's only because up
to this point he had only had lead vocals on 2, count 'em, 2
songs!!! Those songs of course being Shock Me and Rocket Ride.
Imagine my shock (pun intended) when I first played this. From
day 1 and all the way up to today, it was/is heads and shoulders
above the rest. I'll even go one step further and say that if
the entire band of KISS had played on this one with the same
results, THIS would get the honor for Best KISS Album Of All
Time. They didn't, so it will have to settle for Best Solo Album
honors instead.
Straight up this album f*cking rocks! From the opening song of
Rip It Out to the closing notes of Fractured Mirror, it's a
winner. The biggest hit of course was New York Groove which
still kicks mucho ass to my ear, which was a cover version from
the band Hello. Me love song long time.
It's just mind blowing that Ace had stage freight about singing
for the longest time. This totally wiped it all away (pun
intended). Even Gene Simmons (the one with the monumental ego
and full of himself attitude about any and all things related to
his namesake) has gone on record saying "Ace Frehley's solo
album is the best of the bunch". If Gene can admit to THAT,
there's something to be said about the quality of Ace's
songwriting here. This coming from Gene, who would be the first
to tell you HE is the greatest songwriter of all time.
Fave Songs: All of 'em. But like before, I gotta give them all a
shout out here (pun intended) Rip It Out, Speedin' Back To My
Baby, Snow Blind, Ozone, What's On Your Mind, New York Groove,
I'm In Need Of Love, Wiped-Out and Fractured Mirror.
Fun fact: The reason for these solo albums was that during the
filming of KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park, both Ace and
Peter had made their intentions known they were qutting the band
to pursue their own personal music career. They compromised and
decided on these 4 solo disc. It didn't help as much as just
prolong the inevitable.
Freebie trend continues with a Poster insert that is 1/4th of a
larger poster that connects with the other 3 solo album posters
ala a jigsaw puzzle. This was by far the best looking poster of
the 4.
Album Cover kicks ass!!
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:35 pm
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[center]Ace Frehley (Frehley's Comet) 1987
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My Original Reveiw
[quote]When Ace left KISS, I had been anticipating the release
of his solo venture. Seemed to take years for it to happen. And
when it finally dropped, I wasn't disappointed at all. From the
first single "Rock Soldiers". One of the coolest drum intros
ever. I was hooked. This was a completely different sounding
Ace, guitar-wise that is. It was more current, in line with the
day's shredders of that year.
My only thing I had to get my head around was the inclusion of
Tod Howarth. I couldn't understand why this dude was getting to
sing on the record at the time. Ace wanted a band, and not to be
viewed as a "solo" record. Overall it's just a kick ass record.
But this has one of the weirdest songs I had ever heard:
"Dolls". The video is pre-album version and really can't compare
to the final version on the record. If you ever get the chance,
check it out. It's a trip.
As he did on his KISS Solo record, he continues with his all
instrumental song "Fractured Too", which is so far from either
record sonically, and oh so cool.[/quote]
Updated Review
Whenever I listen to this one, it instantly takes me back to
1987. So many great albums came out that year that it was
overload to me. And Frehley's Comet was one of my favorites that
year. Love this one a lot. Ace didn't disappoint me when it
finally came out. He had left the band back in 1982 and he still
kept his identity hidden from the rest of the world till this
finally came out.
So, I couldn't wait to see his first music video for Into The
Night, where I would FINALLY get to see what he looked like. It
was definitely a head trip, more so than seeing the other guys
because the wait was much longer.
Fave Songs: Rock Soldiers, Into The Night, We Got Your Rock,
Love Me Right, Dolls and Fractured Too
Album cover was and is meh. Nothing groundbreaking here.
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Frehley's Comet Music Videos
Ace Frehley - Rock Soldiers
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Ace Frehley - Into The Night
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:38 pm
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[center]Ace Frehley (Frehley's Comet - Live + 1) 1988
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Chip's Original Review
Live + 1 is exactly that. It's a 5 song EP with 4 being live
versions of Rip It Out, Breakout, Something Moved and Rocket
Ride. The last song is a working demo for Words Are Not Enough.
The demo is ok. This release was a quick fix between his first
album and the upcoming second full LP release.
Fave Songs: No real stand outs here with them being live and 1
demo.
Album cover is what it is to tell you it's a live album. No
music videos were released for this album.
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:42 pm
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[center]Ace Frehley (Frehley's Comet - Second Sighting) 1988
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Chip's Original Reveiw
[quote]Pretty solid followup to his last full length album. It's
more of the same. Just that Anton Fig does not play on this one.
He wouldn't return until Trouble Walkin' album that follows this
one.
Stand out songs on this one are "Insane". Hot hot hot Nurses in
the video is always a good thing. Also "It's Over Now" is
another great song. I actually try to avoid listening to this
one as much as I can, because it always turns into an earworm
that last for 2 weeks non stop. But Tod Howarth really got to
shine on this song and the guitar solo is ****ing awesome. Works
perfectly with the rest of the song. Give it a listen and curse
my name when you get an earworm. I warned ya. My favorite song
though has gotta be "Juvenile Delinquent". Great crowd
sing-along-song.
"The Acorn is Spinning" definitely ranks up there for
originality. How to describe this one. It's an instrumental, but
it's not. What we get are 2 dudes in the background talking
about a boxing match, making a bet, watching the fight, and what
happens afterwards. I guess you can say its a soundtrack to what
is happening with the 2 dudes telling the story about the match.
No singing here. Oh forget it, you just have to hear for
yourself to understand it. [/quote]
Updated Review
The above review pretty much sums it all up here.
Fave Songs: Insane, It's Over Now, Juvenile Delinquent, Fallen
Angel, Separate and The Acorn is Spinning
Album cover = Pfftt!!! Boring. :shake:
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:46 pm
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[center]Ace Frehley (Trouble Walkin') 1989
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My Original Review
[quote]Ace never puts out anything that sucks. And this record
is proof that he was by far the most talented musician in KISS.
Interesting thing about this record is that he also released the
single "Hide Your Heart" a month or so apart from KISS' Hot In
The Shade album that also had the same song on it. It was
written by Paul Stanley, but he let Ace do his version of it. I
don't know which version I prefer as they both sound pretty much
the same with slight variation on Ace's version.
Peter Criss, Sabastian Bach and Dave Sabo from Skid Row guest on
this record. And Anton Fig returns too.
I just can't believe that it's been 20 years since this record
came out. He hasn't released anything in those 20 years either.
Damn!. It will be nice to get my hands on his just completed
album Anomaly, that's due to hit stores sometime in 2009. He
makes Axl Rose seem prompt.
"Fractured III" continues the saga that he started all the way
back in 1978. This one is a little more hard edge compared to
the other 2, but it fits well as a whole in the series. Checking
the track list for Anomaly, he will be continuing it with
"Fractured Quantum". Nice. [/quote]
Updated Review
With the release of Trouble Walkin', Ace had "disbanded"
Frehley's Comet and taken on the name of...well himself, even
though 3 of the 4 members are still within the band. Out is Tod
Howarth. Back in is Anton Fig on drums who was replaced on
Second Sighting with Jamie Oldaker. Also still on board on bass
is John Regan and Richie Scarlet takes over the spot vacated by
Tod.
Fave Songs: Shot Full of Rock, Do Ya, Hide Your Heart and
Fractured III
Album cover is pretty cool and worlds ahead of all the Frehley's
Comet covers. This isn't the best cover out there. But a step in
the right direction.
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 20, 2012, 4:51 pm
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[center]Ace Frehley (Anomaly) 2009
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My Original Review
[quote]Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Anomaly f ucking rocks!!!!
This is so unlike Ace, song writing-wise & guitar playing-wise.
And that's a good thing. His playing and writing sound
contemporary and relevant. It's so easy for an artist that's
been around as long as he has been to just resort to his bag of
tricks that got him here. The songs are full of hooks and tasty
licks. Suck on that Gene and Paul!!!!! Today has been a great f
ucking day for music in my ears!!!!! [/quote]
Updated Review
Sheesh! 20 f ucking years between releases! Well it's been so
long for Ace that the lineup would of course not be the same.
The only person returning here along with Ace is Anton Fig on
drums. John Regan is MIA on bass, replaced by Anthony Esposito.
A Little Below The Angels cracks me up. Only Ace can get away
with writing a song like this. And I absolutely love it. Quite
possibly the MVP of the album for originality. Song reminds me
of Dolls in a way.
Fave Songs: Fox On The Run, Genghis Khan, A Little Below The
Angels, Sister and Fractured Quantum
Album cover is pretty cool. I like it. As far as I know, there
were no videos released in support of the album, which sucks as
there are a couple of songs that need one.
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 15, 2012, 6:12 am
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[center]Ace Frehley - Swedish talk show (December 1, 2009)
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Really cool interview with Ace during the Anomaly Press Tour for
the album. Nothing groundbreaking or revealing here. Just cool
to hear Ace talk abgout whatever. Also cool to see him
demonstrate his new and improved 'Smoke Bomb' Les Paul. I can't
recall any of his other guitars with the orange light to make it
appear as if it were on fire which does a better job of selling
the illusion.
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Re: Ace Frehley - Discography
By: boyinblack80 Date: June 15, 2012, 9:38 pm
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the blond to his side....mmmm mmmmm.
good times...good Swedish times
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